Judge to consider fate of convent Katy Perry wants to buy
Published 12:00 pm Thursday, July 30, 2015
- FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2015 file photo, Katy Perry arrives at the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles judge is scheduled to hear arguments on Thursday, July 30, 2015, about who has the right to sell a hilltop convent that is the subject of competing offers from pop superstar Perry and a local businesswoman. The dispute has pitted Los Angeles’ Catholic archbishop against an order of elderly nuns with only five surviving members, at least two of whom oppose selling their former home to Perry. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday about whether the Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles can sell a hilltop convent overlooking Hollywood to pop singer Katy Perry.
An order of nuns owns the multimillion dollar property and has sold it to a businesswoman who wants to develop it into a hotel and restaurant. The archbishop, however, contends the nuns didn’t have authority to make the sale and Perry’s $14.5 million offer for the property is a better deal. The archbishop’s lawyers have asked a judge to overturn the sale.
Perry is not a party to the lawsuit, but the “Roar” singer met with the nuns in May to try to convince them she would be a good owner of their beloved convent. The sisters weren’t impressed.
